One rainy spring afternoon, I noticed a flashing light and a loud, booming sound outside my bedroom window. I quickly grabbed my raincoat and rushed outside to see what was happening and before I knew it, blinding lights projected me inside a strange object. I had never seen anything like it and then I realized I must be inside a spaceship! Strange blue creatures appeared before me and began to ask questions about human feelings and emotions. They seemed harmless, but curious to know what I could tell them about revenge. So I started by saying that revenge is the act of inflicting harm or harm on someone in hopes of getting revenge for wronging someone else. Revenge is malicious and people often retaliate out of anger or hatred. Humans tend to want to hate those who have wronged us. Revenge is practiced for a number of reasons: someone has hurt you or someone you love, sometimes it is done to be malicious, and other times because someone one took advantage of you. There are three different ways to explain the idea of ​​revenge. Through a short story, a poem and a play, I will try to explain revenge. The short story is “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the poem is “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, and the play is “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. All of these writings encompass this broad idea of ​​revenge, but at the same time they show different aspects of revenge and the circumstances behind their actions. “The Cask of Amontillado” presents revenge and secret murder as a way to avoid using legal means to achieve justice. . The law is nowhere on Montresor's radar screen. Fortunato's constant insults fuel Montresor's hatred, so he appoints himself judge, jury, and executioner of Fortunato. It's obvious... middle of paper... why I still had my raincoat. Works Cited Carey, Benedict. “Payback Time: Why Revenge Tastes So Sweet.” The New York Times, July 27, 2004. Web. April 23, 2014. .Cummings, Michael J. “My Last Duchess.” Cummings Study Guides. Np, June 2012. Web. April 27, 2014. Mays, Kelly J. “The Cask of Amontillado.” 11th ed. New York: WW Norton and Company, Inc., 2013. 165-171. Print. Mays, Kelly J. “Hamlet.” 11th ed. New York: WW Norton and Company, Inc., 2013. 1709-1804. Print.Mays, Kelly J. “My Last Duchess.” 11th ed. New York: WW Norton and Company, Inc., 2013. 1334. Print.Price, Michael. “Revenge and the people who seek it.” NP, 2009. Web. April 23. 2014. .